According to The Blaze, "A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Netanyahu’s government has “ironclad” information tying President Barack Obama directly to the anti-Israel resolution passed last week by the United Nations Security Council."
Outrageous!
The U.S. has historically stood for Israel's sovereign interests, and as one of the five "permanent" members of the U.N. our nation has reserved the weighted power of a seven-fold vote, as well as veto power over resolutions that would be particularly harmful to the safety and security of our democratic ally in the volatile Middle East.
"The United Nations Security Council is composed of five permanent and ten nonpermanent member countries. Passage of a motion requires the approval of at least nine countries, and is subject to a veto by any one of the permanent members. Although officially defined in this fashion, the UN Security Council voting system is in fact equivalent to the weighted voting system [39: 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], in which each permanent member gets 7 votes, each nonpermanent member gets 1 vote, and the quota for passage is 39 votes." (UN Security Council Voting System)
By abstaining from voting against this resolution to condemn a sovereign nation from building on its own land, the U.S. has broken with tradition and, dare I say, invited a curse upon our own land. Genesis 12:2 and 3 declare: "I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; 3And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."
But, I'm a Constitutionalist. Of course, our Constitution does not mention Israel by name. And, during the infancy of our nation, Israel was embroiled in battles during the Napoleonic Wars, which did not explicitly involve U.S. actions.
In fact, Napoleon's efforts to conquer the world may have played a huge role in defining our Founders' ideology regarding foreign affairs.
From ourrepubliconline.com:
“I am for free commerce with all nations, political connection with none, and little or no diplomatic establishment. And I am not for linking ourselves by new treaties with the quarrels of Europe, entering that field of slaughter to preserve their balance, or joining in the confederacy of Kings to war against the principles of liberty.” (Thomas Jefferson, to Elbridge Gerry ME 10:77, 1799.)
“It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...” (George Washington, Farewell Address)
“I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property and lives of their people.” (Thomas Jefferson, to James Monroe ME: 15:436, 1823.)
“Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none, I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government, and consequently [one of] those which ought to shape its administration.” (Thomas Jefferson, 1st Inaugural Address ME 3:321. 1801.)
“We wish not to meddle with the internal affairs of any country, nor with the general affairs of Europe. Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.” (Thomas Jefferson, to C. W. F. Dumas ME 9:56. 1793.)
Oh, what a tangled web we weave.
Our nation's Founders never intended "entangled alliances" with other nations. The fault does not lie with Obama's refusal to support Israel in the recent U.N. Security Council vote.
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